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Sir Francis Bacon on Uncertainty

February 7th, 2008 by Bruce P. Henry

So, I stumbled across this quote by Sir Francis Bacon (you know, the guy who invented the scientific method) regarding the relationship between doubt and certainty.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts;
but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
- Sir Francis Bacon

It got me thinking because I this happens all the time in projects. And you know what happens when I start thinking… blog post. Yeah.

Oh yeah.

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One Response to “Sir Francis Bacon on Uncertainty”

  1. Charles Seybold Says:
    February 7th, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    What, no picture?

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